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Had to pick between poultry netting and chicken wire for my garden beds
I was trying to keep the squirrels out of my cutting flower bed last spring after they dug up half my tulip bulbs. I ended up going with poultry netting because it was cheaper at $15 for a 50 foot roll at the local hardware store. The 1 inch holes worked great for keeping critters out, but I didn't think about how much of a pain it is to work with. It snagged on everything and took me like 3 hours to get it staked down around my zinnias and dahlias. Has anyone else tried both and found one easier to manage?
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drew555mo ago
honestly i used to swear by chicken wire for everything but after trying poultry netting one time i totally get why people complain about it snagging. the smaller holes do a better job stoping squirrels but man it fights you the whole way. still think im sticking with it for the flowers though since the critters haven't gotten through yet.
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murphy.abby5mo ago
Got the poultry netting tangled around my boot and faceplanted into a row of marigolds.
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the_max5mo ago
Marigolds? You faceplanted into marigolds? I can just picture the netting tripping you up and you going down right into a bed of flowers. Did any of them survive the impact? That's the kind of gardening accident that makes you sit in the dirt for a minute just staring at the sky wondering how you got there. I would have just laid there for a good five minutes before even trying to untangle myself.
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